This is my Father

This is my Father screening introduced by our special guest Aidan Quinn

This is my Father screening introduced by our special guest Aidan Quinn

Palace Cinema  I 13.45 – 15.45  l €5

1998 l 119mins

Set in 1930s Ireland, the film portrays a tragic love story focusing on the relationship between Fiona Flynn played by Moya Farrelly, a beautiful, seventeen-year-old from a middle-class family, and Kieran O'Dea played by Aidan Quinn, a shy labourer in his early thirties. 60 years later a middle-aged teacher played by James Caan, discovers photo from his mother’s past that convinces him that she may have lied about his real father. Venturing into Ireland where he believes his real father to be, a tragic past slowly unfolds.

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